646.22  Tenant--extent of liability.

A tenant in possession in good faith, under a lease or license from another, is not liable beyond the rent in arrear at the time of suit brought for the recovery of land, and that which may afterward accrue during the continuance of the tenant's possession.

Section History: Early form

  [R60, § 3598; C73, § 3264; C97, § 4201; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12251; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 646.22]


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